HIGHCVSS 7.8KNOWN EXPLOITED

CVE-2015-5287

CVE-2015-5287 updated by NVD

Published: 2026-08-26
Modified: 2026-09-21
Sources: cisa-kev, nvd

Summary

The abrt-hook-ccpp help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 allows local users with certain permissions to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file with a predictable name, as demonstrated by /var/tmp/abrt/abrt-hax-coredump or /var/spool/abrt/abrt-hax-coredump.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5287

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